Maggie's Farm

No, and no. It was not Bloomberg who made NY more livable than the 80's it was Rudy.

I think the mere fact that secondhand smoke is unpleasant to others is enough for any store owner (not government) to ban it, but the case for its danger is simply not there. It is asserted often, but not demonstrated. So too with sugary drinks. It might make intuitive sense to people that allowing the sale of such drinks is a cause of obesity, but it simply isn't. There is no evidence for this. None. Zero. The best correlate with childhood obesity is lack of a father. Care to tell us what your legislation will be about that? If you go in that direction, I might actually agree to nanny-state for a bit, actually. Make dads step up? Sure.

These are not "our" children. My children live in Goffstown, Manchester, Spring, Nome, and Tromso, thanks. I am betting your count of children over eight years old is zero, just from that comment alone.

The narrative of what should work and should be true does not actually hold up with what does work and is true. Empiricism over theory, thanks.